John August Pamintuan is a renowned Philippine conductor, composer, singer, clinician, and adjudicator. Since 2007, John is recognized by the American Federation of Musicians as an artist of sustained international acclaim.

As a conductor he has given workshops, performed in concerts, and won in competitions in Asia, Europe, and North America. As a singer, he has sung in solo recitals at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and Moscow Glinka Hall. As a composer, John was awarded the composition prize in Tours (France), Tokyo (Japan) and has written commissioned works for the governments of Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan, Lithuania, and the Philippines. He has composed around 450 pieces which have been performed by choirs from 30 countries.

In the last couple of years, John has been invited in the jury of international choir competitions in Vietnam, Cincinnati, Rimini and Cattolica Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, Hongkong, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Riga Latvia, and the cities of Takarazuka, Kobe, Karuizawa, and Tokyo in Japan. He is also a member of the panel of adjudicators for composition contests in Croatia (2011, 2012, 2014), International Federation for Choral Music (2013), and International Choral Composition Competition Japan (2015, 2016, 2018).

Towards creating cross cultural ties and strengthening friendship and cooperation, John August Pamintuan has also organized many musical exchanges among conductors and choirs of Asian countries.

Johnny Ku is currently the Music Director of Taipei Philharmonic Chorus and Chamber Choir, the Music Director of Taipei International Choral Competition, and an assistant professor in the Chinese Culture University.

He is also an executive board member of the Taiwan Choral Association, one of the founding members of the World Choral Championship, and one of the six core members of the Asia-Pacific working committee in the International Federation of Choral Music.

Ko Matsushita, Conductor and Composer, born and raised in Tokyo; graduated top of his class from the Kunitachi College of Music, Department of Composition; finished his Chorus Conductor master course at Kodály Institute in Kecskemét, Hungary; studied under Yuzuru Shimaoka, Koichi Uzaki, Thomas Meyer-Fiebig, Mohay Miklo’s for composing, the late Reményi János, Erdei Péter for chorus conducting, Masamitsu Takahashi for orchestral conducting, and Somoriai Paula for singing.

Mr Ko Matsushita is taking multifaceted approaches to choral music by conducting, composing and teaching. He composes and arranges choral pieces, which are performed not only in Japan but all around the world. He also acts as resident conductor and artistic director of ten choirs, which perform both in Japan and abroad, achieving excellent reports in the competitions they participate in. Recently, one of his choirs, Vox Gaudiosa Chamber Choir, won the Grand Prix at the international competition “Concorso Polifonico Internazionale Guido d’Arezzo 2011″ in Italy.

He receives many invitations from around the world to act as a guest conductor, judge competitions and teach in choral lectures and workshops. In 2010, he became guest conductor of Beijing University Student Choir. Furthermore, he has won best conductor’s award and prizes for superior composition in various international competitions. In 2005, Mr Matsushita became the first Asian to receive the “Robert Edler Prize for Choral Music”. This award is bestowed on the best conductor, composer, or choir for their extraordinary endeavors throughout that year around the globe. He has dedicated his works to American, Hungarian, Spanish, Norwegian, Latvian, Polish, Dutch, Taiwanese, Singaporean, Chinese and Japanese choirs and ensembles. Mr Matsushita’s works are performed by a large number of choirs from all over the world.

He is the author of a Junior High School music textbook published by Kyoiku Publishing. Additionally, he is a vice-president of the Tokyo Choral Association and a member of the Japan Choral Directors Association, The Japanese Society for the Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, Japan Composers and Arrangers Association, The Japan Kodaly Society and the International Kodaly Society. Also, he is a representative of the Workshop for Choral Expression. His works are mainly published by Edition KAWAI (Japan), Ongaku-no-tomo Edition (Japan), Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart (Germany), Sulasol (Finland) Annie Bank Edition (Holland).

Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, Choir music from Belarusian State Academy of Music (Belarusian State Conservatory)

Teaches choral conducting and the history of Russian choral music in Belarusian State Academy of music.

She was a chorus master of the Academic chorus of National television and radio broadcasting company of Republic of Belarus, founder and conductor of Chamber chorus “Cantemus” Inessa was the jury of many republican and international competitions

Gave master classes in Germany,France was responsible fora great number of choral projects in Belarus including Open Conductor’s competition

Associate Professor and Chair of the Conducting, Organ, and Sacred Music Department at...]]>

Associate Professor and Chair of the Conducting, Organ, and Sacred Music Department at Westminster Choir College

Dr.Quist earned her Doctor of Musician Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas and her Bachelor of Music and Master of Musician Music Education and Choral Conducting, summa cum laude, from Western Michigan University .

She teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting. She is the recipient of Westminster Choir College of Rider University’s 2014